Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV46979, Date: 2023-03-16 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV46979    Hearing Date: March 16, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Plaintiff B.B. (“Plaintiff”), a minor by and through his guardian ad litem, Billy Brown, Jr., propounded request for admissions (“RFAs”) on Defendant Long Beach Public Transportation Company (“Defendant”) on March 29, 2022.  Plaintiff asserts that as of filing this motion, Defendant had not served responses.  Plaintiff therefore seeks an order deeming the RFAs admitted and imposing sanctions.

On March 8, 2023, Plaintiff filed a Reply providing that Defendant failed to file an opposition to the instant motion.  After Plaintiff’s reply was electronically filed, Defendant filed an opposition that same date, which was only six court days before the hearing.  The hearing on the motion is hereby continued to allow Plaintiff to file a reply to Defendant’s opposition.  Defendant’s counsel is put on notice that failure to timely file papers in the future will result in the papers being disregarded. 

The motion to deem RFAs, set one, admitted is continued to ________________ at 1:30 p.m. in this Department.  Any supplemental reply by Plaintiff is due at least five court days before the hearing. No further briefing is permitted beyond that. 

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice. 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

• Parties are encouraged to meet and confer after reading this tentative ruling to see if they can reach an agreement.
• If a party intends to submit on this tentative ruling, the party must send an email to the court at sscdept31@lacourt.org with the Subject line “SUBMIT” followed by the case number.  The body of the email must include the hearing date and time, counsel’s contact information, and the identity of the party submitting.  
• Unless all parties submit by email to this tentative ruling, the parties should arrange to appear remotely (encouraged) or in person for oral argument.  You should assume that others may appear at the hearing to argue.  
• If the parties neither submit nor appear at hearing, the Court may take the motion off calendar or adopt the tentative ruling as the order of the Court.  After the Court has issued a tentative ruling, the Court may prohibit the withdrawal of the subject motion without leave. 

Dated this 16^th day of March 2023